Moment in the Sun: One-Game Players for the Pittsburgh Pirates
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Moment in the Sun: One-Game Players for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Sale price
$18.99
Regular price $22.99
Playing professional baseball is a dream that few will ever realize…getting to the majors takes it to a complete other level. Those who don’t play over the course of various seasons will mostly be forgotten by fans and the baseball establishment, but it doesn’t make their accomplishment any less impressive. John Dreker takes the dreams of 20 Pittsburgh Pirates who played in only one major league game and tells their tales “Moment In The Sun”.
Let’s face it, one of the things that made the movie “Field of Dreams” so intriguing was the story of Moonlight Graham. He struggles to finally live his dream of sitting on a major league bench only to never get a chance to come to the plate. And then his major league career was over.
While it still would have been classic had he been a fictitious player, Moonlight Graham was real, and the movie brought to life the fact that there have been so many of these players who have either had the same experience, or perhaps did get to the plate or on the mound for one game, and that was it.
Dreker brings to life 20 of these players who had a Graham-like experience for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They were more than just an at bat or an inning pitched. They were 20 men who had the chance to live their dream, even if it was for one day. A dream that hundreds of thousands have begun the pursuit of over the past 140 plus years, and only a small percentage, 20,777 as of 9/15/24 to be exact, have accomplished.
Let’s face it, one of the things that made the movie “Field of Dreams” so intriguing was the story of Moonlight Graham. He struggles to finally live his dream of sitting on a major league bench only to never get a chance to come to the plate. And then his major league career was over.
While it still would have been classic had he been a fictitious player, Moonlight Graham was real, and the movie brought to life the fact that there have been so many of these players who have either had the same experience, or perhaps did get to the plate or on the mound for one game, and that was it.
Dreker brings to life 20 of these players who had a Graham-like experience for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They were more than just an at bat or an inning pitched. They were 20 men who had the chance to live their dream, even if it was for one day. A dream that hundreds of thousands have begun the pursuit of over the past 140 plus years, and only a small percentage, 20,777 as of 9/15/24 to be exact, have accomplished.